ARGENTINA APPROVES NEW SOVEREIGN DEBT SWAP
FILE – In this March 1, 2013 file photo, lawmakers attend the inauguration of the new legislative session at Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentina’s Congress approved a plan late…
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CHILE COUP ANNIVERSARY TOLL: 264 ARRESTS
A boy lights a candle in the dressing rooms of the National Stadium during a candlelight vigil marking the events that launched a bloody 17-year dictatorship, in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday,…
CHILE’S BACHELET VISITS FORMER CONCENTRATION CAMP
Chile’s former President Michelle Bachelet, center, wipes a tear as she stands with her mother Angela Jeria, left, and Margarita Romero, president of the Villa Grimaldi organization, right, all holding…
VENEZUELA GOVT CLAIMS SABOTAGE IN DEADLY BLAST
By FABIOLA SANCHEZ Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a press conference at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. Venezuela’s oil minister said Monday that…
ALLENDE’S LEGACY STRONG 40 YEARS AFTER CHILE COUP
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO FILE – In this Sept. 11, 1973 file photo, smoke rises from La Moneda presidential palace after being bombed during a military coup led by Gen.…
CITIES MAKE FINAL PITCHES AHEAD OF 2020 VOTE
By STEPHEN WILSON Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan arrives to attend the Istanbul 2020 bid presentation during the International Olympic Committee session, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.…
EX-ARGENTINE LEADER MENEM ON TRIAL IN WEALTH CASE
FILE – In this Sept. 21, 1999 file photo, Argentina’s President Carlos Menem addresses the 54th session of the General Assembly at the United Nations in New York. Another trial…
US-BRAZIL TENSIONS RISE AFTER NEW SPY REPORT
Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff speaks at a ceremony in Senate chambers, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013. Rousseff on Tuesday criticized the way Bolivian senator Roger Pinto, an opponent…